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A faster extrinsic incubation period could explain Usutu leading West Nile in temperate Europe
Robert Stephen Paton, Maisie Vollans, Lorna Glenn…·Thomas Ward
This paper estimates the temperature-dependent extrinsic incubation period (EIP) of Usutu virus in Culex pipiens molestus, showing it is shorter than West Nile virus, suggesting USUV could precede WNV in Europe.